The didactics of the museum and the archaeological site

It is clear that history is recognised as having an important educational and formative value for new generations and that almost all advanced societies include it in their educational programmes as an important element in maintaining, conserving and promoting their signs of identity. However, the contents of History included in these educational programmes are still excessively theoretical and far removed from the students' reality, resulting in a study that consists, in a high percentage, of a rote learning process that is forgotten or discarded almost immediately after having been acquired. Archaeology is presented, in this sense, as an important element to bring pupils closer to the relationship with the past of the area in which they live. A visit to a museum or an archaeological site allows pupils to get to know living examples of the past of the area in which they live.
territorial framework in which they live, whether it is a village, city, province, community or country. Archaeology becomes, in this way, an enhancer of the contents worked on in textbooks. In this article we present a proposal to unite the world of the classroom with the world of museums and archaeological sites, an attempt to make these two worlds act in a complementary way.